TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Dharma & __”

5 “The __ Bang Theory”

8 Mr. Strauss

9 Procter of “CSI: Miami”

12 Paul __ of “‘Crocodile’ Dundee” 13 On __; like a dancing ballerina 14 Author Leon __

15 Ryan and Tilly

16 Canada’s neighbor: abbr. 18 Prefix for functional or pepsia 19 “__ of Honor”; movie for Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan

20 Told a fib

21 Jack __; early host of “The

Tonight Show”

23 Actress Rene __

24 Sacred

25 “Live Free or Die __”; Bruce

Willis movie

26 Mr. Eastwood

28 “Unhappily __ After”

29 Bundle of hay

30 Storm or Gordon

32 Historical period 35 Long sandwich

36 Actor Robert __

37 Tatum O’Neal’s dad

38 Ron Howard’s role on “Happy

Days”

40 “__ the Vampire Slayer” 41 Made an opening bet in poker 42 Border on

43 Sault __. Marie

44 Actress __ Harper

DOWN

1 “Blades of __”; Will Ferrell movie 2 Long-time morning show co-host 3 Gabor and Longoria

4 __ rummy; popular card game 5 Common wall color 6 Mischief-makers

7 “__ Along, Little Dogies” 10 Actress Julia __

11 Affirmatives

12 Paul Newman western film 13 “Better Off __”; short-lived Jay

Harrington sitcom

15 __ Tyler Moore

17 “Much __ About Nothing” 19 Soda fountain order

20 Attract; entice

22 Top-notch rating

23 Talk with extreme enthusiasm 25 Beatles movie

26 “__ Evening News with Katie

Couric”

27 Girl on “Little House on the

Prairie”

30 Lead; direct

31 Tavern order

33 Actor George and his family 34 “__ Given Sunday”; film for Al

Pacino and Dennis Quaid

36 Late newscaster Huntley 37 Jethro Bodine, for one

39 Dracula and Basie: abbr.

40 “__ Masterson”; Western of old